What Plants Around Us Bring Us
9 July 2021
Visit your local bookstore or goodminds.com to select a book that speaks to your own self-care. Anishinabemowin word(s) of the week: Wiingashk (Sweetgrass) Mskomini-Jibik (Raspberry Root)
Feeling Stressed?
8 July 2021
Greet heightened mental clutter and emotional challenges with acceptance, patience, and self-compassion. Acknowledge and embrace them as part of your sacred human experience, but in the same moment, affirm to yourself that you will persevere. Slow down and pause with …
Self-Care and Land
6 July 2021
Time spent outdoors benefits physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Nature-based self-care is associated with lower levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Spend generous amounts of time each day exploring your surroundings and connecting to Mother Earth. Try one of …
What is Self-Care?
5 July 2021
What’s important is finding balance in oneself. Taking care of body, emotion, mind, and spirit our whole selves-is important for our wellness.
Anishinabemowin word(s) of the week:
2 July 2021
By learning gentleness and kindness, we may pass through the thorn of its bush and harvest its fruit-knowledge-that will help in raising our families. Debwe’endizon (believe in yourself) Aabjlitaanennakiiyin (keep up the good work)
July is Self-Care Month: Mskomini Glizis (‘Raspberry Maon”) is the seventh moon of creation in July, when great changes begin
1 July 2021
Self-care is personal and will look different for each individual. Self-care makes space for the individual to tend to their own needs before the needs of others. Self-care is a type of refueling. Begin in July to practice self-care.
Canadian Men’s Health Month Trivia: How many men will experience major depression in the course of their lives?
29 June 2021
MULTIPLE CHOICE A. 1 in 3 B. 1 in 10 C. 1 in 20 Answer: B. 1 in 10. Many men may feel specific stigma around depression, but need to be encouraged to seek mental health supports in a timely …
Choose foods from Mother Earth: they have nutrition vital to our bodies.
28 June 2021
These foods nurture our body, emotions, mind, and spirit. Mother Earth provides all that we need to survive.
June is National Indigenous History Month
25 June 2021
SweetgrasS Also called Hierochle odorata, sweetgrass has a sweet aroma and grows in marshy areas. It’s often cultivated and woven into braids for ceremonial uses. Sweetgrass is seen as Mother Earth’s sacred hair. Its sweet scent reminds us of Mother …
Pride Month (June) commemorates years of struggle for civil rights and the ongoing pursuit of equal justice under the law for 2SLGBTQ+
25 June 2021
Let’s give voice, celebrate accomplishments and honor identities. To achieve wellness, radiate respect for and walk gently on the hearts of all, by welcoming everyone into the circle. Anishinabemowin word(s) of the week: Mino-bimaadiziwin (Good Life) Waawiyebil’igan (Circle)
Bumblebees use nectar as fuel during their long journeys.
24 June 2021
Ensure that you are eating balanced meals for steady energy levels, exercise, and overall health. Food, exercise, insulin medication and stress all impact blood sugar levels. If you are living with diabetes and starting to integrate exercise into your daily …
Canadian Men’s Health Month Trivia: How many men will experience major depression in the course of their lives?
22 June 2021
MULTIPLE CHOICE A. 1 in 3 B. 1 in 10 C. 1 in 20 Answer: B. 1 in 10. Many men may feel specific stigma around depression, but need to be encouraged to seek mental health supports in a timely …